RUDIMENTARY PENI – DEATH CHURCH LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1983 ORIG PUNK ANARCHO CRASS

Rudimentary Peni – Death Church
(Corpus Christi Records  1983  CHRISTITS6)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
No printed text on labels – AGI Logo in runouts

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light crackle)

Fold Out Poster Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– some slight wear to edges
Insert has some creasing

Rudimentary Peni are a British anarcho-punk band formed in 1980, emerging from the London anarcho-punk scene. Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty, macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on all of Rudimentary Peni’s albums. Bassist Grant Matthews has also written several songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on sociopolitical themes. Very few photos exist of the band, as their albums feature Blinko’s drawings instead, but Pusheadpublished a few in an early edition of his magazine.

Death Church is the first studio album by British anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni. It was released in 1983 on Corpus Christi Records. The recording and mixing took place at Southern Studios in April 1983 and was engineered by John Loder. “Rotten to the Core” is a direct verbal attack against John Lydon and Joe Strummer, accusing them of being hypocrites.

• The vinyl release denotes tracks 1-11 as “The Corpus Christi Side”, which then lists tracks 12-21 as “The Rudimental Human Side”.

1. “¼ Dead”
2. “Blissful Myth”
3. “The Psycho Squat”
4. “Rotten to the Core”
5. “Poppycock”
6. “Cosmic Hearse”
7. “The Cloud Song”
8. “Vampire State Building”
9. “Blasphemy Squad”
10. “When You are a Martian Church”
11. “Pig in a Blanket”
12. “Inside”
13. “Nothing but a Nightmare”
14. “Flesh Crucifix”
15. “Slimy Member”
16. “Love is Not”
17. “Radio Schizo”
18. “Happy Farm”
19. “Alice Crucifies the Paedophiles”
20. “Army of Jesus”
21. “Dutchmen”

• Jon (Greville) – drums
• Nick (Blinko) – “mouth-guitar-pen” (vocals, guitar, cover artwork)
• Grant (Brand) – “bass-writing” (bass guitar, lyrics)